Casing for bottles.



I. MCINTYRE.

CASING FOR BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED Fs.2o.1917.

Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

l 1,241,640. l i

ISABELLAv MeINTYRn, F BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA.:

. cAsiNG ron BOTTLES.

To all coito/1n it may concern "Be it" vknown that I', ISABELLA Moln'rinii, acitizen 'of the AUnited States, residing at vBryn Mawr, in .the county of `lvlontgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain, new andfuseful Improvementsin Cya'sings for Bottles, of which' the `following y is a specification.

j invention yconsists vof an improved casing ior'bottles, one of the objlects of my invention being to provide a casing for V i or other bottles which are served upon th'eltable and to so make thecasing that it Figure 1 c'a'n bereadily adjusted to yfit around bottles 'of' various sizes.

i Another object is to so( construct iniproved casing vthat itA will be ornamental and can bequickly or easily attached to or f ldetached from 'a bottle.

A still further object is to so make my invention that it'rwillbe durable, and can be f manufactured at areasonably low cost.

These objects, and other advantageous ends' which will be described hereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference beingfhad to the accompanying drawings in whichi i is an elevation oi a bottle having myiinproved casing thereon. i Fig. 21s an inverted plan view of `Fig.:1'. ""'Fig is a section on the line 3-3 of Figi. 1-

` 'Fig 4; is ya section on the line of Fig. 1. v

Fig. 5 is an. enlarged lfragmentary see# tion onthe line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Figf'G is a face yviewot .a iiexible band l forming a part of lmy invention.

Fig. `7 is an elevation showing a modified form of a portion oi'my invention. l

Fig. S is an enlarged fragmentary-section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7, and

i Fig., 9 isa fragmentary section showing fa slight i lvention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a bottle and 2 represents my improved casing attached thereto. I preferably form my 1mproved casing of two series of plate sections `3 and 41, the series being designed to cover the mainor` body portion 5 of the bottle, 4while the series l cove-rs the neck portion 6. The. series 3 as illustrated, includes four sections 7 which are curved in cross section as clearly illustrated in Fig. 8.

Each of these sections, adjacent its top i i Specification of Letters Patent.

modification in the form of' my in- Patented oct.- 2, 1917.y

Appiianpn mea rebraary 2o, 1917. serial No. 149,757.

and bottom edges, is slit or cut at 8, the portions 9 between: these cuttings being pressed outwardly, while the intermediate portions 10 between"`these cuttings are pressed rearwardly, thus providing sockets l to receive lexiblebaiids 11, thesocketsproriding a guide-way for said bands ands'ervling to retain them in their position encircling the sections 7.l c. i l Y "In other' words, the bands 11 are laced through the vsocketsthusprovided, and

seri'fe to "hold the sections 7 to the Qbody portion 5 of `the bottle in ainanner which will now be described in detail.`

'The bands 11 are lpreferably made oi iiexiblesheet metalhaving a vslot"12 adja# centjone end and extending longitudinally thereof. A screw 13 is secured to theband 11 adjacent its other end, and when 'the band'is in its operativeposition, the screw 13 extends through' the slot 12;

l 'One of they portions 9' at the top and bottom of tlie sections 7 is 'also slotted as shown at 14, and the screws 1,3 are `designed'to cxtend outwardly" through these slots 14 (see Figs." 1 and 3). Small thumb nuts 15 jare provided to clamp the ends' of the bands 11 together and tothe sections 7'. f Each `of the sections 7`,.at fts lowermost end, is provided with an"int`urnedI flap 1Q,

andthese lflaps are arranged'lradiallygas l" shown inFig." 2 and form ieet upon which the bottom of thebottle rests. These yfeet also serve to retain the bottle within the casing. .y

Thes'eries of in v improvedcasing sec-` tions includes a number of sections 17 "(see Figs. 1 and 4L), these sections being ctir'ved in cross section and tapering in width lfrom their lower edges to theirA upper' edges, Furthermore, `these sections are Ialso eut, or slit adjacent their tops and bottoms in a manner similar tetl'l `slitting 8 lClQSClbed above, and socket portions 18 and`19 are thus formed through which the bands 11 are laced.

The lower edges of the sections 17 telescope the upper edges of the sections 7, and snap buttons 20 serve to secure the sections 17 to the sections 7 (see Figs. 1 and 5). It will be noted that the bands 11 permit adjustment of the sections 7 and 17 so that if the bottle to be incased is of larger diameter than the normal diameter of the casing, such for example as is illustrated in Fig. 1, the thumb nuts 15 may be unscrewed and the ends ofthe bands can then be moved relatively to each other to increasethe diameter of the band and to `permit* the sect-ions to spread to accommodate the larger diameter ofthe bottle. 7

In Fig. 9, I have shown an overlapping flangeZl which may be formed onone edge lof each of the sections, so that the sections may be spread withoutexposing a portion of the bottle between .the spread edgesvof the sections as would be the case in the construction s hown in f Fig. ly where the free edges ofthe lsections normally abut and whenapplied to a bottle of largerdiameter, these edges'areinecessarily spread apart. l :Insteadof having all'of the sections separatedas -illu'stratedin Figs. l, 2, and 3I may make the sectionsv asillustrated in Figs. Zand 8 in which all the sections lare ineluded in as singlepiece of `sheet material 2.4, sockets QQand 23 being ,formed therein and designed to receive the bandsll. v

The sections of my'improved casing may be madey of silver-"and ornamental designs Ymay, be formed therein by the perforation ofthe 'individual sections, the perforations also ,bottle` o To remove my improved casing from the bottle, itis merely necessaryto loosen the nuts l5 to permit the sections to spread, and y y n rate series of sections, one series encircling the .sections of thevupper and lower series maybe separatedby unfastening the snap buttons 2.0. The upper seriesmay'then be slid upwardly over the neck of the bottle and'the lower series canbe removed from, the bottom portion of the bottle.

, IWhile I have describedmy invention as taking aparticular form, it will be under,- stood that the various parts of my inven-A tion lmay Ibe changed without departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I am at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come, within the* scope ofthe appended claims. 1 l

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what Iclaimfas new andvdesire to secure by Letters Patent isz' p l. A bottle casing formed in two series of iilg-l a COI-Ii y lstantially as described.

permitting view of the contentsof the Lenses sections, one series encircling the bottom curing thesections of one series to the sectionsof the other series, said casing formplete closure for the bottle, sub- 2. Al bottle casingcomprising ysections of sheet material designed to inclose the bottle,

sockets formed by `projections onsaid sections, flexible bands extending through said socketsand designed to holdl said sections to the bottle, and `thumb nuts for adjusting the length'of said bands to accommodate said `sections to bottles of various diameters, said casing forming a complete closure for the bottle,.substantially as described.

'3. A bottlecasing comprising-tvvo series of separated sections, one series encircling the bottom portion of the bottle,'the other'of 1 saidy series encircling the neck portion'of the bottle, means for adjustably securing the sections of each series together and means -for securing the sections'of one series to the sections of the other series, said vcasing forming a complete closurefor the bottle, substantially as described.

45A bottlek casing comprising twov sepathe bottom portion ofthe bottle, the other v of said series encircling the 'neck portion of the bottle, means foradjustably securing the sections of each series together, and ymeans for securing the sections of one series to the sectionsof the other series, the bottoms of .the lsections ofthe nist-mentioned series h'avinglips designed to extend across thev bottom of the bottle and upon which the bottle rests, -said casing forming a complete closure for the bottle, substantially as described.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of twosubscribingwitnessesv `4 f ISABELLA MCINTYRE.

Witnesses:

E. P. ALLEN, i, CHAS. E. Por'rs.

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